• Associative Learning from Verbal Action-Effect Instructions: A Replication and Investigation of Underlying Mechanisms 

      Damanskyy, Yevhen; Martiny-Hünger, Torsten; Parks-Stamm, Elizabeth J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-22)
      According to the ideomotor principle, repeated experience with an action and its perceivable consequences (effects) establish action-effect associations. Research on verbal instructions indicates that such associations are also acquired from verbal information. In the present experiment (N = 651), first, we aimed to replicate unintentional response-priming effects from verbal action-effect ...
    • From thought to action: On the relevance of including situational cues in thought about intended actions 

      Martiny-Huenger, Torsten; Damanskyy, Yevhen; Parks-Stamm, Elizabeth J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-02-23)
      Successful everyday self-regulation often hinges on implementing intended responses at a later time–often in specific situations. We address this self-regulation challenge by examining the role of individuals’ thought about intended actions–and specifically whether it does or does not include situational cues. We hypothesized that including situational cues when thinking about intended actions enables ...
    • The Influence of Verbal Instructions on Action Control 

      Damanskyy, Yevhen (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2024-04-26)
      Prior research on action control has primarily focused on action-effect learning through behavioral experiments. However, another line of research has demonstrated that verbal information can serve as an alternative route for forming these associations, even without any active behavior. This thesis explores whether verbal instructions framed in an effect-response manner can provide an additional ...
    • Prior Prognostic Expectations as a Potential Predictor in Neurofeedback Training. 

      Damanskyy, Yevhen; Olsen, Alexander; Hollup, Stig Arvid (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-11-29)
      The present study evaluated whether subjects’ expectations and neurofeedback training performance predict neurofeedback efficacy in cognitive training by controlling both factors as statistical variables. Twenty-two psychology students underwent neurofeedback training, employing beta/theta protocol to enhance beta1 power (13–21 Hz) and suppress theta (4–7 Hz) power. Neurofeedback efficacy was evaluated ...
    • Unintentional response priming from verbal action–effect instructions 

      Damanskyy, Yevhen; Martiny-Huenger, Torsten; Parks-Stamm, Elizabeth J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-04-02)
      Action–effect learning is based on a theoretical concept that actions are associated with their perceivable consequences through bidirectional associations. Past research has mostly investigated how these bidirectional associations are formed through actual behavior and perception of the consequences. The present research expands this idea by investigating how verbally formulated action–effect ...
    • Verbal instructions as selection bias that modulates visual selection 

      Damanskyy, Yevhen (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-06-15)
      Research has shown that in addition to top-down and bottom-up processes, biases produced by the repetition priming effect and reward play a major role in visual selection. Action control research argues that bidirectional effect-response associations underlie the repetition priming effect and that such associations are also achievable through verbal instructions. This study evaluated whether verbally ...